AI-supported lab manual design increased students' confidence in experimental design in an upper-division analytical chemistry laboratory course¶
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q2 i? Students' median self-assessed confidence in experimental design rose from 3 (neutral) to 4 (agree) after the AI-supported lab manual design project. → Yim 2026
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Yim 2026¶
Yim, K.-H.; Lui, M. Y. (2026). Supporting Undergraduate Students' Learning in Practical Chemistry Courses through AI-Supported Experimental Design. Journal of Chemical Education. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.5c01311
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Pre- and postsurvey (five-point Likert) in a course of 38 third-year analytical chemistry undergraduates in 8 groups who designed AI-assisted lab manuals; 31 students took part in data collection, and the confidence item had 29 presurvey and 32 postsurvey respondents. Median rose from 3 to 4, with "60% of respondents selecting agree or strongly agree". Students attributed improvement to project completion and professional validation.
"the postsurvey results indicated an increase in students' confidence in designing experiments. For the same question, the median response rose to 4 (agree), with 60% of respondents selecting agree or strongly agree (n = 32)"
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Related Claims¶
- Perceived difficulty of designing a laboratory manual remained unchanged after the AI-supported project — related
- AI-supported lab manual design increased students' confidence in troubleshooting and data analysis — related
- Six of eight student groups successfully completed experiments according to their AI-assisted lab manuals — related
- Large group size (4-5 members) limited individual participation and may have inflated self-assessed confidence — related
- Students found AI effective for ideation and formatting but unreliable for practical experimental details — related
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AI-supported lab manual design increased students' confidence in experimental design in an upper-division analytical chemistry laboratory course |
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AI-supported lab manual design increased students' confidence in experimental design in an upper-division analytical chemistry laboratory course |
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